Reader

"Once you learn to read you will be forever free. " Frederick Douglas
Why read? It is the window to the world. It broadens you mind, sharpens your thinking and improves you writing skills.
You might even enjoy it!
The Reader is about giving you suggestions and ideas for further reading.
What do you like to read?

Current Affairs	Current Affairs are issue to do with our world today. They range from topics such as politics	The Age Issues
Websites	Here are a few websites on topics from a broad range of interests.
Texts	Here are some suggested texts and links to where you can find more.	Classics Online Walden
Blogs	The world ideas, opinion and insight awaits.	Between the Lines
Multimedia		The Drum (ABC)

Suggested Reading By Topic

Interested in particular topics or ideas. Or just keen to learn something new. Here is some reading to get you started.

Topic	Description/Sample
Sport
Other Countries /Cultures	What is it like to live in a secretive communist dictatorship? "The first time that Brit Simon Cockerell visited North Korea, he noticed how clean it seemed. The air was not polluted like in Beijing, where he has lived since 2000. Another curiosity also struck him: In the capital of Pyongyang, there were no advertisements or billboards, and there was no traffic." CNN
Music
Acting/Movies
Art
Politics
General Interest

Some of Mr Wolter's favourite novels/texts

Novel	Author
Hamlet / Twelfth Night	William Shakespeare
The Great Gatsby	F Scott Fitzgerald
Catch 22	Joseph Heller
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold	John Le Carre
The Wasteland	TS Elliot
A Clockwork Orange	Anthony Burgess
Life of Pi	Yann Martel
The Road	Cormac McCarthy
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch	Phillip K Dick

Comment: Such a strange list when I write it down and even more interesting for what I left off it.
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